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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Zarng-Arh George Wu, Sayre, PA (US);
Robert Paul Held, Newark, DE (US);
Jon Gregory Moehlmann, Sayre, PA (US);
Assignee:
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347101 ; 347102 ; 347105 ;
Abstract
A durable image is formed by printing a pigmented aqueous ink onto a substrate bearing a hydrophilic thermoplastic polymer having cross-linking groups, then heating the printed image to encapsulate the pigment and cross-link the polymer.